Motor



(No Model.)

J. B. HUNTER.

MOTOR. No. 286,702. Patented Oct. 16, 1883.

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new and improved motor for tramway-cars,

. B, a sprocket-wheel, E, is mounted, over which a crank-handle, I, on one or both ends.

- and exact description.

. NI'IED STATES JAMES B. HUNTER, OF ASHLEY, ILLINOIS.

MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,702, dated October 16, 1883.

Application filed March 17, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES B. HUNTER, of- Ashley, in the county of \Vashington and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Motor, of which the following is a full, clear,

The object of my invention is to provide a light machinery, &c.

The invention consists in a motor construct ed with sprocket-wheels, cog-wheels, a driving-chain, and two independent fly-wheels, of which one is. rotated directly from the shaft to which power is applied, and the other is rotated from one of the axles on which the wheels are mounted, whereby the power 'willbe equalized and balanced in the motor.

The invention also consists in various con:-. binations of parts, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of my improved motor, showing the same in a car. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view or" the bottom of the same.

The wheels A are mounted rigidly on axles B B, suitably. journaledin a car, 0, and the wheels on the same side of the car are coupled by means of coupling-rods D. On the rear axle,

a driving-chain, F, of some suitable construc tion, passes,which also passes over asprocketwheel, G, mounted on a shaft, H, provided with 7 On the shaft H a cog-wheel, J, is mounted, which engages with a pinion, K, mounted on a shaft, L, on which is also mounted aheavy fly-wheel, M. On the front axle, B, a cog-wheel, N, is mounted, which engages with a pinion, O, on a shaft, P, on which a heavy fly-wheel, Q, is mounted,- which is below the floor of the car. Brakeshoes R are secured to the ends of a shaft, S, journaled or held to turn on its longitudinal axis to the bottom of the car, which shaftS is provided with an upwardly-pro 'ecting arm, T, which is connected by means of a pivoted link, \V, with an upwardly-projecting brakelever, V, pivoted to the car. By turning the crank or cranks I the wheels A will be re- 1 volved and the car will be propelled. The. two fly-whecls M' and Q will be rotated very rapidly, and will equalize and increase the power and prevent awaste of power. They cause an easy and regular movement of the machine, and prevent sudden and irregular movements of all kinds. The two fly-wheels are entirely independent of each other, and that causes them to be especially effective, for one equalizes the power at the shaft that is turned by means at the cranks, and the otherequalizes thepower applied to one pair of wheels by the connecting-rods-that is, the power is equally balanced in all parts of the mechanism. By moving the brake-lever V in the direction of the arrow at the brake shoes R will be pressed against the wheels A, and the speed of the machine will be checked. The motor can be placed on a suitable base, instead of in a car, and can then be used to drive small machinery.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a motor, the combination, with sprocketwheels, driving-chains, and cog-wheels, of two independent flywheels, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a motor, the combination, with the wheels A, coupled by coupling-rods B, of the shaft H, the sprocket-wheels G E, the chain F, the flywheel M, driven from the shaft H, and the fly-wheel Q, driven from one of the axles on which the wheels Aare mounted, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. Ina motor, the combination, with the wheels A, mounted on the axles B B, of the sprocket wheel E, the crank-shaft H, the sprocket-wheel G thereon, the driving-chain F, the cog-wheel J on the shaft H, the shaft L, the pinion K mounted thereon and engaging with the cog-wheel J, the fiy-wheel M on the shaft L, the cog-wheel-N on the axle B, the pinion O, engaging with the cog-wheel N, and mounted on the shaft P, and the fly-wheel Q on the shaft 1?, substantiallyas herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES BARNHABT HUNTER.

, lVitnesses:

JOHN M. Ganms, SAMUEL J QHNSON. 

